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Remap could create an endangered species - Texas' white Democratic Reps struggle for survival
The Dallas Morning News ^
| January 8, 2004
| By ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News
Posted on 01/08/2004 1:50:22 PM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: Dog Gone; deport; hocndoc; Flyer; Eaker; WOSG; lowbridge; Concerned; jmaroneps37
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posted on
01/08/2004 1:51:10 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Here's what I was working on ...
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01/08/2004 1:51:57 PM PST
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MeekOneGOP
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01/08/2004 1:55:16 PM PST
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To: MeeknMing
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posted on
01/08/2004 1:59:35 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Happy Birthday Elvis. You don't look 69 years old. The cake is ready.)
To: MeeknMing
I'd feel a bit more sympathy for the Dems' positions if not for the sure conviction that, if the roles were reversed, they'd do exactly the same thing without batting an eyelash.
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:01:02 PM PST
by
GOP Jedi
To: MeeknMing
At its extreme, scholars said, the trend could have long-lasting and polarizing effects on the electorate in Texas casting the Democratic Party as the party of blacks and Hispanics, while reinforcing the GOP's image as the party of whites. The truth hurts?
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:23:31 PM PST
by
07055
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:58:27 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: MeeknMing
You da man!
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:03:54 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Happy Birthday Elvis. You don't look 69 years old. The cake is ready.)
To: MeeknMing
He and SMU's Dr. Jillson predicted that Mr. Frost and Mr. Stenholm, both 25-year veterans, may survive, along with one or two others with strong name recognition. LOL!!!
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:03:57 PM PST
by
stands2reason
("Dean is God's reward to Mr. Bush for doing the right thing in the war on terror." Dick Morris)
To: MeeknMing
Blue Dog Democrats
There were 37 Blue Dog Democrats when the 108th Congress convened. Some of them are actually quite liberal, but we'll let them self-style as centrists.
Of the 37, one (Ralph Hall) has become a Republican. Four are retiring: Chris John and Brad Carson to run for Senate, plus Ken Lucas and Jim Turner. Two others (Stenholm and Sandlin) are highly endangered, while five more (Dennis Moore, Rodney Alexander, Jim Matheson, Baron Hill, and Earl Pomeroy) are very vulnerable. Allen Boyd is facing the race of his life against Bev Kilmer in Tallahassee, and several other Blue Dogs may draw strong challengers.
Bottom line is that 13 Blue Dogs, over a third of the caucus, are on the outs or on the ropes in 2004.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:09:56 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: MeeknMing
Great graphic!
These so-called political experts are smoking crack if they think Martin Frost has even the slightest chance of being re-elected under the new map.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:21:42 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: GOP Jedi
I'd feel a bit more sympathy for the Dems' positions if not for the sure conviction that, if the roles were reversed, they'd do exactly the same thing without batting an eyelash.The commie Dems did it in California.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:29:44 PM PST
by
Visalia
To: JohnnyZ
Thanks ! Sounds good to me ...
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:37:36 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: Dog Gone
Thank you ! LOL ! Yep ! They're smokin' something alright ! ...
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:38:54 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: MeeknMing
But unless courts stop the highly partisan remapping, legislatures will continue "to balkanize American politics along [ethnic] lines," Dr. Buchanan said The voting rights act required that the districts be drawn so as the maximize minority representation. Don't blame the Republicans.
To: FreedomSurge
I have a completely different take from these liberal experts regarding hispanic voters. Under the new map, many will now be represented by popular Republicans. They might get used to it and begin to like it.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:54:58 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
This guy Cal Jillson is a joke. Evidently, he's trying to be the liberal media's go-to guy on Texas. In 2002, he ran his mouth on TV, saying that Tony Sanchez and Ron Kirk would win. The guy needs a new profession, because he clearly sucks at the one he has.
To: MeeknMing
Thanks for the ping.
But, I can't believe that the DMN is mourning the dearth/death of white Democratic politicians. Unless they are afraid they're not going to be able to identify with their Representatives anymore.
But, I feel like shouting, so I will:
THE LINES WERE REDRAWN ALONG ***POLITICAL**** LINES.
The new maps group the Dems in some districts, and the Republicans in others, and then there are the districts in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio which are stable because the courts said they had to be, to protect traditional racial groupings.
But, the only racial groupings that are there and that are legal are the court-ordered ones.
Good grief.
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posted on
01/08/2004 8:54:37 PM PST
by
hocndoc
(Choice is the # 1 killer in the US)
To: Dog Gone
I for one am thrilled to finally see the green-light on redistricting. However, I have mixed emotions about the demise of Martin Frost in the 24th. Frost has always driven me crazy with his liberal hand wringing and pandering to minorities, but there's another side to him I can't ignore. Frost if you'll recall authored and passed the Amber Hagerman bill, a brilliant piece of legislation that's been credited with saving dozens of abducted children. Last April, Bush signed the Amber Alert system into law which extended the plan beyond Texas borders with phenomenal results so far. Frost is also for 2nd amendment rights and the death penalty. All in all, not a bad record for a Dumocrat.
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posted on
01/09/2004 5:10:56 PM PST
by
Rimfire Rob
(Amnesty ? We don't need no steenking amnesty)
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